Pashtun nationalism

Pashtun nationalism (Pashto: پښتون ملتپالنه) is an ideology that asserts the Pashtuns are a nation and promotes the unity of Pashtuns. The Pashtun question which is the debate over the creation of an independent Pashtun nation-state from the Pashtun-majority regions of Pakistan (Pakthunkhwa and Northern Balochistan) emerged in the early 20th century and became a major source of tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This issue dominated Afghan foreign policy until the overthrow of Mohammad Najibullah's Homeland Party regime in 1992. Pashtun nationalists generally support the concept of a "Greater Afghanistan" (The unification of Pashtunistan with Afghanistan).

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